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Friday, May 5, 2017

FIFA Ranking: June 2017 preview

This will most likely be the final preview for June, as the top 70 is pretty much set there are only 7 matches left (all friendlies) - 3 of them scheduled for the Saturday before the June ranking release.

Poland (10 - 11 in April 2017)Peru (15 - 17 in April 2017)Swaziland (at least 87 - 88 in April 2017)Papua New Guinea (153 - 156 in April 2017)

Syria will return to their best ever ranking - 78th. They were 78th in the first ever edition of the FIFA ranking - August 1993. They could climb to 77th (new record) depending on Benin's performance in their matches.

Four will drop to new lows:

Russia (63 - 61 in February 2017)Norway (at most 87 - 86 in April 2017)Finland (at most 105 - 101 in October 2016)Sudan (at most 158 - 155 in May 2017)

Others will drop to their worst ever ranking in the last couple of years:

Cuba (at most 165 - 166 in September 1995) - 21 years and 9 monthsBahrain (133 - 138 in January 2001) - 16 years and 5 monthsDominica (192 - 197 in December 2009) - 7 years and 6 monthsBurundi (147 - 149 in May 2011) - 6 years and 1 monthCape Verde Islands (at most 83 - 91 in September 2011) - 5 years and 9 months

For the first time ever, Poland won't be ranked below Spain.Montenegro will be ranked above Russia for the first time ever.Azerbaijan will be ranked above Norway for the first time ever.Finland will be ranked below Madagascar, India and Nicaragua for the first time ever.Madagascar will be ranked above Finland and Canada for the first time ever.India will be ranked above Lithuania and Finland for the first time ever.Nicaragua will be ranked above Finland for the first time ever.Peru will be ranked above Uruguay for the first time in the last 17 years.

June 2017 rank - Team - June 2017 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1

Brazil

1715

0

43

2

Argentina

1626

0

23

3

Germany

1511

0

47

4

Chile

1422

0

11

5

Colombia

1366

0

18

6

France

1332

0

38

7

Belgium

1292

0

11

8

Portugal

1267

0

8

9

Switzerland

1263

0

51

10

Poland

1198

1

15

10

Spain

1198

0

-6

12

Italy

1193

0

28

13

England

1119

1

16

13

Wales

1119

0

0

15

Peru

1108

2

64

16

Uruguay

1099

-1

2

17

Mexico

1050

-1

-26

18

Croatia

999

0

-17

19

Costa Rica

913

1

11

20

Slovakia

883

4

37

21

Iceland

877

0

5

22

Egypt

862

-3

-48

23

USA

861

0

14

24

Ecuador

858

1

19

25

Turkey

855

-3

-8

26

Republic of Ireland

854

0

31

27

Senegal

839

3

34

28

Northern Ireland

837

-2

14

29

Bosnia and Herzegovina

835

0

20

30

Iran

829

-2

9

31

Netherlands

820

1

28

32

Cameroon

811

1

32

33

Hungary

802

-2

1

34

Sweden

793

0

25

35

Austria

750

1

-12

36

Paraguay

748

2

10

37

Ukraine

737

0

-24

38

Nigeria

730

2

4

39

Congo DR

728

2

16

40

Greece

726

-1

-4

41

Tunisia

705

1

4

42

Korea Republic

703

1

3

43

Burkina Faso

698

-8

-67

44

Ghana

697

1

15

45

Czech Republic

690

1

11

46

Japan

689

-2

4

47

Romania

686

0

10

48

Côte d'Ivoire

685

0

13

49

Australia

681

1

20

50

Serbia

666

-1

-5

51

Denmark

660

0

3

52

Montenegro

647

10

87

53

Algeria

636

1

8

53

Saudi Arabia

636

-1

-10

55

Israel

635

8

78

56

Morocco

631

-3

-2

56

Slovenia

631

-1

17

58

Venezuela

630

0

35

59

Panama

626

-2

19

60

Bulgaria

615

-5

1

61

Scotland

603

-2

14

62

Uzbekistan

582

-2

-4

63

Russia

561

-2

0

64

Haiti

554

1

17

65

South Africa

547

-1

8

66

Albania

544

0

11

66

Mali

544

3

40

68

Armenia

527

-1

0

69

Honduras

513

-1

-11

70

Uganda

478

2

15

71

Curaçao

477

-1

-15

72

Guinea

476

-1

2

73

Bolivia

473

0

13

74

Kenya

463

4

35

75

United Arab Emirates

450

0

-3

76

Azerbaijan

439

11

53

77

Syria

436

3

10

77

Trinidad and Tobago

436

-1

-3

79

Jamaica

435

-5

-23

80

Faroe Islands

431

-3

0

81

China PR

425

0

0

82

Belarus

419

-4

-9

83

Cape Verde Islands

418

-1

0

84

Congo

412

0

20

85

Gabon

409

-1

17

86

Swaziland

397

2

19

87

Norway

391

-1

4

88

Benin

382

-5

-14

89

Qatar

374

0

5

90

Cyprus

356

6

13

91

Antigua and Barbuda

349

2

0

92

Namibia

345

2

-1

93

Guatemala

344

-1

-8

93

New Zealand

344

19

43

95

Madagascar

341

16

39

96

Estonia

337

4

6

97

St. Kitts and Nevis

336

1

2

98

Zambia

334

0

0

99

India

331

1

0

99

Kazakhstan

331

5

6

99

Nicaragua

331

1

0

102

Guinea-Bissau

330

-8

-16

103

Lithuania

327

-3

-4

104

Mozambique

326

1

3

105

Finland

323

-8

-12

106

Libya

321

-16

-40

107

Canada

318

1

6

107

El Salvador

318

0

1

107

Equatorial Guinea

318

10

31

107

Jordan

318

2

7

111

Togo

317

-5

-3

112

Sierra Leone

309

1

9

113

Korea DPR

307

3

18

114

Zimbabwe

304

-4

0

115

Mauritania

302

-24

-57

116

Palestine

294

8

29

117

Malawi

287

-3

-4

118

Oman

285

-3

-5

119

Suriname

284

0

0

120

Iraq

280

0

2

121

Botswana

273

0

-3

122

Georgia

271

0

-3

122

Latvia

271

2

6

124

Yemen

268

-1

0

125

Ethiopia

265

-1

0

126

Philippines

251

1

-3

127

Thailand

249

2

4

128

Rwanda

246

-10

-39

129

Central African Republic

237

1

-2

130

Niger

236

1

1

131

Vietnam

235

5

18

132

Kyrgyzstan

233

-4

-17

133

Bahrain

232

-1

0

133

Puerto Rico

232

1

11

135

Lebanon

228

2

12

136

FYR Macedonia

218

-3

-7

137

Tajikistan

205

1

0

138

Guyana

194

1

0

139

Tanzania

193

-4

-25

140

Angola

188

4

-1

140

Belize

188

5

0

142

Turkmenistan

187

-2

-6

143

Comoros

186

0

-4

144

Dominican Republic

184

4

0

144

Luxembourg

184

3

-1

146

South Sudan

183

0

-3

147

Burundi

179

-6

-13

147

Hong Kong

179

3

0

147

Lesotho

179

2

-2

150

Mauritius

175

7

28

151

Liberia

174

-10

-18

151

Tahiti

174

2

7

153

Papua New Guinea

169

3

15

154

Chad

168

-4

-11

155

Malaysia

148

3

3

156

Maldives

146

-4

-29

157

Singapore

143

3

2

158

Afghanistan

140

-4

-21

158

Sudan

140

-3

-15

160

Chinese Taipei

136

1

0

161

Moldova

135

-2

-7

162

New Caledonia

133

3

12

163

Myanmar

132

3

12

164

Grenada

131

5

14

165

Cuba

124

-2

0

166

Bhutan

123

-2

0

167

Gambia

120

-1

0

168

Kuwait

118

-2

-2

169

Barbados

116

4

6

169

Nepal

116

4

6

171

Aruba

114

-9

-13

172

Laos

113

4

6

173

Kosovo

112

-1

0

174

Cambodia

107

1

-1

175

Indonesia

105

2

0

176

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

104

-6

-12

177

St. Lucia

102

-6

-13

178

São Tomé e Príncipe

98

0

0

178

Solomon Islands

98

2

6

180

Vanuatu

94

-1

0

181

Malta

84

1

-2

182

Guam

82

1

0

183

Macau

77

1

0

184

Bermuda

75

1

0

185

Andorra

69

2

3

185

Liechtenstein

69

4

5

187

Brunei Darussalam

65

1

0

188

American Samoa

64

1

0

188

Cook Islands

64

1

0

188

Samoa

64

1

0

191

Bangladesh

62

2

2

192

Dominica

61

-6

-13

193

Fiji

60

-12

-30

194

Seychelles

57

2

6

195

Djibouti

53

-1

0

196

Timor-Leste

51

-1

-1

197

Mongolia

34

0

0

197

Sri Lanka

34

0

0

199

US Virgin Islands

26

0

0

200

Pakistan

24

1

0

201

Montserrat

20

-2

-6

201

Turks and Caicos Islands

20

1

0

203

Cayman Islands

13

0

0

204

San Marino

12

0

0

205

British Virgin Islands

6

0

1

206

Anguilla

0

0

0

206

Bahamas

0

0

0

206

Eritrea

0

0

0

206

Gibraltar

0

0

0

206

Somalia

0

0

0

206

Tonga

0

0

0

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Nogomet, unfortunately the FIFA fixture/result list on their site is not very stable in its contents. I have experienced the following glitches since their last major revamp of the site:- several scheduled World Cup qualifiers from the hexagonal disappeared for shorter or longer periods from the fixture list, to reappear later.- some friendlies disappeared from the list to reappear after they were played.- in the last May ranking the friendly Curacao - El Salvador (played 22 March 2017) was incorporated in the points calculation, but was suddenly not in the list (and still hasn't reappeared while this match also is incorporated in the calculation of the June ranking).- they are struggling particularly with friendlies with African teams involved. It concerns mostly B-teams of the better African countries and they are not really consistent in incorporating these kind of friendlies, sometimes they do and sometimes they don't.- I tried to calculate the June ranking this afternoon (after two weeks abroad): evidently the points of Benin were calculated including both friendlies against Burkina Faso (May 4th and 21st) and a, for me unknown, friendly against Ghana (May 25th). All three matches no longer appear in the results list today.- the friendlies you mentioned were visible again this afternoon, except Cote d'Ivoire-Benin. But several friendlies played last Friday, yesterday and today (I just saw) are suddenly gone. I suspect another major glitch.

But it's rather unfortunate as this fixture/result list is the one and only official source for the calculation of FIFA points. And it's far from reliable at the moment. The best thing is to decide which matches to include in the ranking calculation based on each published ranking.

Hi Ed, there used to be a section on the FIFA website where you could input your countries latest result to see what the points earned/lost would be, before the official final points are every month, but I can't see it now?